. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/24 
3 June 2005 
 (05-2276) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade, Regulatory 
Improvement and Technical Regulation Directorate 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
TBT Enquiry Point 
Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade (MEIC) PO Box 10216-1000 
Tel.:  (+506) 235-2700 ext. 206/203 
Fax:  (+506) 297-1439 
E-mail:  crotc@meic.go.cr Web site: www.reglatec.go.cr 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):  Cauliflower 
(0704.10.00) 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   Costa Rican 
Technical Regulation (RTCR) … :  Fresh Cauliflower for Consumption (11 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   This technical regulation defines the quality, safety, packaging 
and labelling requirements for fresh domestic and imported cauliflower of botanical types Brassica oleracea  var. Botrytis , for consumption in Costa Rica. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Protection of human health and safety and of animal and plant life and health. 
8. Relevant documents:  
11.1 Bolaños, A.  1991.  "Coliflor.  Programa de Hortalizas" (Cauliflower.  
Vegetable Programme), Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, (MAG), pages 323-326.  
In:  MAG.  1991.  "Aspectos técnicos sobre cuarenta y cinco cultivos agrícolas de 
Costa Rica" (Technical aspects of forty-five agricultural crops in Costa Rica). Technical Bulletin No. 74. G/TBT/N/CRI/24 
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 8. Relevant documents:  (cont'd)  
MAG, Directorate-General of Agricultural Research and Extension Services, San José, 
Costa Rica, 560 pages. 
11.2 Carmona, G.  2001.  "Rol de la temperatura en el almacenamiento de 
productos frescos" (Role of temperature in the storage of fresh products).  
www.mercanet.cnp.go.cr/calidad/postcosecha/guías-técnicas. 
11.3 Mc Gregor, B.  1989.  Tropical Products Transport.  Agricultural Ha ndbook 
Number 668, USDA, Office of Transportation.  148 pages. 
11.4 Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade (MEIC), Ministry of 
Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), National Production Council (CNP).  2003.  
"Estudio de caracterización de coliflor en campo" (Cauliflower field study).  MEIC, 
San José, Costa Rica.  Field study mimeo sheets. 
11.5 Mexico.  1982.  NMX-FF-049-1982.  "Productos Alimenticios no 
Industrializados para Uso Humano – Hortalizas en Estado Fresco – Coliflor" (Non-Industrialized Food Products for Human Use – Fresh Vegetables – Cauliflower).  
Ministry of Trade and Industrial Development, Mexico City, 8 pages. 
11.6 Comprehensive Agricultural Marketing Programme (PIMA) – National Food 
Supply and Distribution Centre (CENADA), 2003.  "Guía N° 6 para el manejo de la coliflor (Brassica oleracea var Botritys) a comercializar en el CENADA" (Manual No. 6 on the handling of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var Botritys) for marketing in the CENADA).  PIMA-CENADA, San José, Costa Rica, 12 pages. 
11.7 PIMA-CENADA, 2001.  "Comercializacíon Hortifrutícola en CENADA.  
Manual de consulta" (Fruit and Vegetable Marketing in the CENADA.  Handbook).  PIMA, CENADA, San José, Costa Rica, 49 pages. 
11.8 Rodríguez, J.J.;  Sáenz, A.;  Marín, S.;  Cerdas, M.M., 2003.  "Determinación 
vida útil Coliflor (Brassica oleracea var Botritys) bajo dos condiciones de 
almacenamiento" (Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var Botritys) shelf life 
determination under two conditions of storage).  CNP, San José, Costa Rica, Mimeo, 9 pages. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined 
Three months' validity following publication in the Official Journal, La Gaceta  
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Centro de Información de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio  
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio – MEIC 
Apartado Postal 10216-1000 
Tel.:  (+506) 235-2700 ext. 206/203 
Fax:  (+506) 297-1439 E-mail:  crotc@meic.go.cr Web site: www.reglatec.go.cr